Peabody Award-nominated and Television Academy Honors documentary 16 Shots and director Sacha Jenkins’s Burn Motherf*cker, Burn! are being offered for free viewing on multiple platforms by Showtime.
16 Shots examines the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued. Burn Motherf*cker, Burn! explores the complicated relationship between the Los Angeles Police Department and the city’s Black and minority communities.
Showtime said it was making the documentaries available in an effort to provide resources and raise awareness around the ongoing struggle against systemic racism in America.
Both are now streaming on YouTube and Sho.com, and are available to Showtime subscribers on demand. The two films will also be available across multiple television and streaming providers’ devices, websites, applications and authenticated online services and their free On Demand channels.
16 Shots is a joint production from Midnight Productions, Topic Studios, Impact Partners and Chicago Media Project.
16 Shots examines the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued. Burn Motherf*cker, Burn! explores the complicated relationship between the Los Angeles Police Department and the city’s Black and minority communities.
Showtime said it was making the documentaries available in an effort to provide resources and raise awareness around the ongoing struggle against systemic racism in America.
Both are now streaming on YouTube and Sho.com, and are available to Showtime subscribers on demand. The two films will also be available across multiple television and streaming providers’ devices, websites, applications and authenticated online services and their free On Demand channels.
16 Shots is a joint production from Midnight Productions, Topic Studios, Impact Partners and Chicago Media Project.
- 6/6/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Alma Har’el helped conceive Time’s 100 Women of the Year issue, designed to recognize the contributions of female leaders, innovators, activists, entertainers, athletes and artists who defined the century from 1920 through 2019. Along with original portraits, the magazine will release 100 covers reflecting the era of each year.
“I don’t think Time has ever done anything this big,” “Honey Boy” director Har’el says, speaking exclusively to Variety. “They usually do one of these covers a year. We’re doing 100 of them.”
“If I felt hungry to take solace in some of the histories of some of these women, I immersed myself in it in the most encompassing way I could,” she adds. The idea was born out of Ha’rel’s frustration and a need to “do something that takes me outside of myself.”
Har’el spent much of 2019 on the awards trail discussing “Honey Boy,” a drama written by and starring Shia Labeouf.
“I don’t think Time has ever done anything this big,” “Honey Boy” director Har’el says, speaking exclusively to Variety. “They usually do one of these covers a year. We’re doing 100 of them.”
“If I felt hungry to take solace in some of the histories of some of these women, I immersed myself in it in the most encompassing way I could,” she adds. The idea was born out of Ha’rel’s frustration and a need to “do something that takes me outside of myself.”
Har’el spent much of 2019 on the awards trail discussing “Honey Boy,” a drama written by and starring Shia Labeouf.
- 3/5/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The story of the 1944 gang-rape of a black woman by a group of white men in Alabama cuts through some overwrought telling
Nancy Buirski’s frustratingly uneven documentary uses footage from early 20th-century “race films” to tell the story of Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black woman who was blindfolded, kidnapped and gang-raped by a group of white men in Abbeville, Alabama, in 1944. Nobody went to jail and no formal apology was issued to Taylor or her family until as late as 2011.
The film becomes a sideways look at civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who investigated the case on behalf of the NAACP 10 years before the Montgomery bus boycott that made her famous. It’s a compelling sliver of her story, helped along by Yale associate professor Crystal Feimster’s sharp commentary on plantation politics and black women in the south, though there remains the worry that the retreading of trauma...
Nancy Buirski’s frustratingly uneven documentary uses footage from early 20th-century “race films” to tell the story of Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black woman who was blindfolded, kidnapped and gang-raped by a group of white men in Abbeville, Alabama, in 1944. Nobody went to jail and no formal apology was issued to Taylor or her family until as late as 2011.
The film becomes a sideways look at civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who investigated the case on behalf of the NAACP 10 years before the Montgomery bus boycott that made her famous. It’s a compelling sliver of her story, helped along by Yale associate professor Crystal Feimster’s sharp commentary on plantation politics and black women in the south, though there remains the worry that the retreading of trauma...
- 5/27/2018
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
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The Breadwinner
A young girl (voiced by Saara Chaudry) in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to support her mother and sister. Directed by Nora Twomey; written by Anita Doron.
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The Rape of Recy Taylor
Nancy Buirski writes and directs this documentary about unsung pioneer of the American civil rights movement Recy Taylor, a black woman raped by white men in Alabama in 1944 who dared to demand justice.
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Zama
Lucrecia Martel writes and directs this historical drama about a (male) Spanish officer in 17th-century South America.
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Edie [pictured]
Sheila Hancock stars as a woman who has devoted her entire life to others who now sets off on a physical adventure solely for herself. Cowritten by Elizabeth O’Halloran. (male director)
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Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
Sanyukta Shaikh Chawla cowrites this historical docudrama about...
The Breadwinner
A young girl (voiced by Saara Chaudry) in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to support her mother and sister. Directed by Nora Twomey; written by Anita Doron.
my review | find cinemas
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Nancy Buirski writes and directs this documentary about unsung pioneer of the American civil rights movement Recy Taylor, a black woman raped by white men in Alabama in 1944 who dared to demand justice.
my review | find cinemas
Zama
Lucrecia Martel writes and directs this historical drama about a (male) Spanish officer in 17th-century South America.
find cinemas
Edie [pictured]
Sheila Hancock stars as a woman who has devoted her entire life to others who now sets off on a physical adventure solely for herself. Cowritten by Elizabeth O’Halloran. (male director)
my review | find cinemas
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
Sanyukta Shaikh Chawla cowrites this historical docudrama about...
- 5/25/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
In her new documentary The Rape of Recy Taylor, director Nancy Buirski tells the story of one of the most harrowing events in the history of the American civil rights movement. Recounting the traumatic gang rape of a young black woman by six white men, the film follows the subsequent campaign after the authority refused to bring any charges against her rapists. The campaign which saw the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) send its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, to rally support for the victim, triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice and against the racist system which absolved the accused of any wrong doing simply because they were white and their victim happened to be a woman of colour.
On September 3 of 1944, Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old sharecropper, was on her way home from church when she was kidnapped by a group of white men in a...
On September 3 of 1944, Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old sharecropper, was on her way home from church when she was kidnapped by a group of white men in a...
- 5/24/2018
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
When Taylor was raped in Alabama in 1944, she refused to be silent. Nancy Buirski’s documentary gives her story a larger, tragic social context
This harrowing and very instructive documentary from Nancy Buirski is about the remarkable courage of Recy Taylor, a young black woman in Abbeville, Alabama, in the United States. After she was raped on her way home from church by six white teenage boys in 1944, Taylor refused to stay silent like all the other victims of this very commonplace crime.
With the help of her community, the case was taken up by the NAACP and no less a person than Rosa Parks spearheaded the campaign. Even under pressure, the state’s legal authorities never made the smallest genuine attempt to collar the suspects, who were left to go free, and in some instances they had distinguished war records in Korea and Vietnam. But the case itself was...
This harrowing and very instructive documentary from Nancy Buirski is about the remarkable courage of Recy Taylor, a young black woman in Abbeville, Alabama, in the United States. After she was raped on her way home from church by six white teenage boys in 1944, Taylor refused to stay silent like all the other victims of this very commonplace crime.
With the help of her community, the case was taken up by the NAACP and no less a person than Rosa Parks spearheaded the campaign. Even under pressure, the state’s legal authorities never made the smallest genuine attempt to collar the suspects, who were left to go free, and in some instances they had distinguished war records in Korea and Vietnam. But the case itself was...
- 5/24/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Oprah Winfrey’s powerful Golden Globes speech has quickly become one of the most memorable moments of her career — but it turns out the talk show host had difficulty delivering her message.
That’s because for the first time in her decades of talking on television, Winfrey got a bad case of dry mouth.
“I must have been more nervous than I thought, because I’ve never had dry mouth before,” Winfrey reveals in an upcoming interview with People.
“In the middle of the speech I thought, ‘I can’t move my gums,'” she adds, mimicking the way she...
That’s because for the first time in her decades of talking on television, Winfrey got a bad case of dry mouth.
“I must have been more nervous than I thought, because I’ve never had dry mouth before,” Winfrey reveals in an upcoming interview with People.
“In the middle of the speech I thought, ‘I can’t move my gums,'” she adds, mimicking the way she...
- 2/23/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Oprah Winfrey’s powerful Golden Globes speech has quickly become one of the most memorable moments of her career — but it turns out the talk show host had difficulty delivering her message.
That’s because for the first time in her decades of talking on television, Winfrey got a bad case of dry mouth.
“I must have been more nervous than I thought, because I’ve never had dry mouth before,” Winfrey reveals in an upcoming interview with People.
“In the middle of the speech I thought, ‘I can’t move my gums,'” she adds, mimicking the way she...
That’s because for the first time in her decades of talking on television, Winfrey got a bad case of dry mouth.
“I must have been more nervous than I thought, because I’ve never had dry mouth before,” Winfrey reveals in an upcoming interview with People.
“In the middle of the speech I thought, ‘I can’t move my gums,'” she adds, mimicking the way she...
- 2/23/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
UK distributor and production outfit takes Venice documentary.
Source: Wide House
The Rape Of Recy Taylor
Eve Gabereau, the long-time head of UK distributor Soda Pictures (now Thunderbird Releasing) who left the company last year, has officially launched her new outfit Modern Films.
The London-based distribution and production company has made its first acquisition with The Rape Of Recy Taylor, Nancy Buirski’s documentary that premiered at Venice last year.
Modern has UK and Ireland rights to the feature, which tells the story of 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper Recy Taylor, who was gang-raped by six white men in Alabama in 1944. Despite being at serious risk, she decided to speak up and identify her attackers, with the civil rights organisation the NAACP sending its chief rape investigator, and activist Rosa Parks, to support the young women.
The story was one of the era-defining civil rights moments and still has a legacy today. In Oprah Winfrey’s celebrated...
Source: Wide House
The Rape Of Recy Taylor
Eve Gabereau, the long-time head of UK distributor Soda Pictures (now Thunderbird Releasing) who left the company last year, has officially launched her new outfit Modern Films.
The London-based distribution and production company has made its first acquisition with The Rape Of Recy Taylor, Nancy Buirski’s documentary that premiered at Venice last year.
Modern has UK and Ireland rights to the feature, which tells the story of 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper Recy Taylor, who was gang-raped by six white men in Alabama in 1944. Despite being at serious risk, she decided to speak up and identify her attackers, with the civil rights organisation the NAACP sending its chief rape investigator, and activist Rosa Parks, to support the young women.
The story was one of the era-defining civil rights moments and still has a legacy today. In Oprah Winfrey’s celebrated...
- 1/31/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Melania Trump wore white, a color often honoring the women’s Suffragette movement, to her husband Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address on Tuesday, her first public appearance since the news of his affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.
Dressed head-to-toe in white, the first lady, 47, chose a Christian Dior pantsuit with a Dolce & Gabbana blouse and pair of Christian Louboutin heels for Trump’s joint address in Congress.
Her all-white outfit was a stark contrast to female lawmakers’ sartorial blackout to make a statement in support of the #MeToo movement and women impacted by sexual assault and harassment.
Dressed head-to-toe in white, the first lady, 47, chose a Christian Dior pantsuit with a Dolce & Gabbana blouse and pair of Christian Louboutin heels for Trump’s joint address in Congress.
Her all-white outfit was a stark contrast to female lawmakers’ sartorial blackout to make a statement in support of the #MeToo movement and women impacted by sexual assault and harassment.
- 1/31/2018
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Oprah Winfrey made an unexpected visit to the grave of Recy Taylor just weeks after she referenced her during her 2018 Golden Globes speech. The talk show legend captured the touching experience on Instagram Tuesday. "I don't believe in coincidences, but if I did this would be a powerful one," she captioned a picture of her standing in front of the tombstone. "On assignment for @60minutes I end up in the town of Abbeville where #RecyTaylor suffered injustice, endured and recently died. (GGspeech). To be able to visit her grave so soon after 'speaking her name' sharing her story, a woman I never knew. Feels like [prayer hand emoji, cloud emoji, heart...
- 1/24/2018
- E! Online
During her inspirational — some would even say presidential — speech while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at this year’s Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey referred to Recy Taylor, a black woman who died on Dec. 28, aged 97, without ever seeing justice after she was abducted and raped by six white men in 1944.
- 1/24/2018
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Oprah Winfrey is continuing to pay her respects to Recy Taylor — the inspiring woman she spoke about in her powerful Golden Globes speech.
Earlier this month, the 63-year-old actress and media mogul received the 2018 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards. Her speech was filled with somber moments, standing ovations, past memories and the story of Taylor, a Black woman who never received justice after being abducted and gang-raped by six white men in Alabama. On Dec. 28, Taylor died at age 97 in her hometown of Abbeville, Alabama.
In the weeks after she gave her speech, Winfrey...
Earlier this month, the 63-year-old actress and media mogul received the 2018 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards. Her speech was filled with somber moments, standing ovations, past memories and the story of Taylor, a Black woman who never received justice after being abducted and gang-raped by six white men in Alabama. On Dec. 28, Taylor died at age 97 in her hometown of Abbeville, Alabama.
In the weeks after she gave her speech, Winfrey...
- 1/24/2018
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
Acclaimed actress, producer, television star and entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey was honored with the 2018 Cecil B. de Mille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. During her rousing acceptance speech, Winfrey paid an emotional and heartfelt tribute to Recy Taylor.
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists.
The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice.
Directed by Nancy Buirski, The Rape Of Recy Taylor, “exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story. An attempted rape against Parks was but one inspiration for her ongoing fight for justice for countless women like Taylor.
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists.
The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice.
Directed by Nancy Buirski, The Rape Of Recy Taylor, “exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story. An attempted rape against Parks was but one inspiration for her ongoing fight for justice for countless women like Taylor.
- 1/8/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Winfrey became the first black woman ever to win the Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award.
Source: Golden Globes
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey made the most memorable speech at this year’s Golden Globes.
Taking the stage after becoming the first black woman ever to win the Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award, Winfrey spoke powerfully about racial politics, sexual abuse and press freedom.
Firstly, referencing attacks on the press, she said: “We all know that the press is under siege these days, but we also know that it is the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and injustice, to tyrants and victims and secrets and lies. I value the press more than ever as we try to navigate these complicated times.”
Winfrey, who received several standing ovations throughout her speech, then spoke about the abuse scandals that have been plagued Hollywood in the past year. She...
Source: Golden Globes
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey made the most memorable speech at this year’s Golden Globes.
Taking the stage after becoming the first black woman ever to win the Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award, Winfrey spoke powerfully about racial politics, sexual abuse and press freedom.
Firstly, referencing attacks on the press, she said: “We all know that the press is under siege these days, but we also know that it is the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and injustice, to tyrants and victims and secrets and lies. I value the press more than ever as we try to navigate these complicated times.”
Winfrey, who received several standing ovations throughout her speech, then spoke about the abuse scandals that have been plagued Hollywood in the past year. She...
- 1/8/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The Globes are going to Globe.
Still, this year's Golden Globes was one of its better telecasts, wasn't it? There were some lows (like the fact that Get Out went home completely empty-handed) but certainly many more highs, from all of the powerful speeches delivered by women to some truly deserving wins (hoorah for Mrs. Maisel and Lady Bird and Big Little Lies, even though it was nominated in the wrong category!) to Oprah. Grab a bottle of champagne, take a swig and let's relive the best, worst and weirdest moments from tonight's show.
The Best
The Focus on Time's Up: From the all-black dress code in protest of sexual harassment -- which nearly everyone in attendance followed -- to the widespread exaltation of the Time's Up initiative to each of the actresses who walked the red carpet with an activist as their date, this year's Globes was about so much more than handing out trophies. "One awards...
Still, this year's Golden Globes was one of its better telecasts, wasn't it? There were some lows (like the fact that Get Out went home completely empty-handed) but certainly many more highs, from all of the powerful speeches delivered by women to some truly deserving wins (hoorah for Mrs. Maisel and Lady Bird and Big Little Lies, even though it was nominated in the wrong category!) to Oprah. Grab a bottle of champagne, take a swig and let's relive the best, worst and weirdest moments from tonight's show.
The Best
The Focus on Time's Up: From the all-black dress code in protest of sexual harassment -- which nearly everyone in attendance followed -- to the widespread exaltation of the Time's Up initiative to each of the actresses who walked the red carpet with an activist as their date, this year's Globes was about so much more than handing out trophies. "One awards...
- 1/8/2018
- Entertainment Tonight
The 75th annual Golden Globes, which was hosted by Seth Meyers, marked the official start to an awards season following months of women speaking out against sexual misconduct, particularly in Hollywood.
In January, the #MeToo movement gave way to Time’s Up, a coalition of 300 (and growing) prominent women in Hollywood standing up against the systemic problem of not only sexual misconduct, but also to address the imbalance of power in the workforce confounded by issues of gender disparity in jobs and pay leading to ongoing injustice and inequality.
The new movement to empower women took shape just six days before Hollywood’s biggest stars and most powerful people were scheduled to come together to celebrate the onscreen achievements of 2017. One of the Time’s Up tenets was “a request that women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes speak out and raise awareness by wearing black,” helping to ensure that the conversation would continue Sunday evening...
In January, the #MeToo movement gave way to Time’s Up, a coalition of 300 (and growing) prominent women in Hollywood standing up against the systemic problem of not only sexual misconduct, but also to address the imbalance of power in the workforce confounded by issues of gender disparity in jobs and pay leading to ongoing injustice and inequality.
The new movement to empower women took shape just six days before Hollywood’s biggest stars and most powerful people were scheduled to come together to celebrate the onscreen achievements of 2017. One of the Time’s Up tenets was “a request that women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes speak out and raise awareness by wearing black,” helping to ensure that the conversation would continue Sunday evening...
- 1/8/2018
- Entertainment Tonight
Gary Oldman took home a Golden Globe for his role in “Darkest Hour,” but just a few years ago, he apparently didn’t think much of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s award show, calling it meaningless. The British star won Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture in his role as Winston Churchill in the film. In his acceptance speech, he praised the other filmmakers in the room. “Winston Churchill said, ‘My taste is very simple. I am easily satisfied with the very best.’ And I am surrounded by the very best,” Oldman said during the speech Sunday night...
- 1/8/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
Oprah Winfrey received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes on Sunday and in her passionate acceptance speech, she referenced the late Recy Taylor.
Taylor, an African-American woman who died in December at age 97, was raped by six white men in Alabama while walking home from church in 1944. She was 24 at the time of her sexual assault.
Referencing the evening’s show of support for the Time’s Up initiative, Winfrey noted of Taylor’s rapists, “Their time is up. And I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth, like the truth of so many...
Taylor, an African-American woman who died in December at age 97, was raped by six white men in Alabama while walking home from church in 1944. She was 24 at the time of her sexual assault.
Referencing the evening’s show of support for the Time’s Up initiative, Winfrey noted of Taylor’s rapists, “Their time is up. And I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth, like the truth of so many...
- 1/8/2018
- by Dana Rose Falcone
- PEOPLE.com
Oprah Winfrey dominated the 2018 Golden Globe awards with a powerful speech as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday’s ceremony.
When accepting the honorary award for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment., Winfrey, 63, delivered a show-stopping speech filled with somber moments, standing ovations, past memories and the story of Recy Taylor, a Black woman who never received justice after being abducted and gang-raped by six white men in Alabama.
Read the full speech below:
In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of mother’s house in Milwaukee watching Anne Bancroft present the...
When accepting the honorary award for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment., Winfrey, 63, delivered a show-stopping speech filled with somber moments, standing ovations, past memories and the story of Recy Taylor, a Black woman who never received justice after being abducted and gang-raped by six white men in Alabama.
Read the full speech below:
In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of mother’s house in Milwaukee watching Anne Bancroft present the...
- 1/8/2018
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Oprah Winfrey brought down the house at the 2018 Golden Globes on Sunday night, in a rousing nine-minute speech that paid tribute to civil rights figure Recy Taylor, declared that “time is up” for the men who have long silenced women and promised today’s girls that “a new day is on the horizon.”
Accepting this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award, Winfrey opened her speech with an anecdote about watching Sidney Poitier win his Oscar in 1964 (“I’d never seen a black man being celebrated like that”), before recounting her early days on A.M. Chicago and how Quincy Jones...
Accepting this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award, Winfrey opened her speech with an anecdote about watching Sidney Poitier win his Oscar in 1964 (“I’d never seen a black man being celebrated like that”), before recounting her early days on A.M. Chicago and how Quincy Jones...
- 1/8/2018
- TVLine.com
Before Seth Meyers set foot in the Beverly Hilton Hotel Sunday night, he was already in a hole. As a man hosting a Golden Globes ceremony that was rightfully being driven by women’s stories, the question on the tip of everyone’s tongue was why a woman wasn’t running point at HFPA’s 75th celebration.
And to be clear, there’s not a good reason one wasn’t. Aside from picking past hosts like Amy Poehler & Tina Fey, Janine Turner, or… well, that’s it (the Globes didn’t use a host regularly until 2010), there are a slew of incredible comediennes who would’ve absolutely killed it this year. We would’ve loved to see that show. Really, it would’ve been incredible — but the show we got wasn’t Meyers’ to claim. He delivered a damn fine and exceptionally funny performance under raw, delicate conditions, but this was Oprah’s Golden Globes,...
And to be clear, there’s not a good reason one wasn’t. Aside from picking past hosts like Amy Poehler & Tina Fey, Janine Turner, or… well, that’s it (the Globes didn’t use a host regularly until 2010), there are a slew of incredible comediennes who would’ve absolutely killed it this year. We would’ve loved to see that show. Really, it would’ve been incredible — but the show we got wasn’t Meyers’ to claim. He delivered a damn fine and exceptionally funny performance under raw, delicate conditions, but this was Oprah’s Golden Globes,...
- 1/8/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Oprah Winfrey, in her inspiring acceptance speech for the Cecil B. Demille Award at the 2018 Golden Globes, condemned a "culture broken by brutally powerful men" and predicted the dawning of a new era spurred on by the #MeToo movement.
"I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon," said the actress, producer and media mogul. "And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women .. and some pretty phenomenal men fighting hard to...
"I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon," said the actress, producer and media mogul. "And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women .. and some pretty phenomenal men fighting hard to...
- 1/8/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Oprah Winfrey used her time on stage at the Golden Globes to deliver a powerful speech about the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements that dominated the awards show discussion. And she also told the story of Recy Taylor, a Civil Rights hero many had never heard of before. Winfrey, who was honored with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment,” recognized women in Hollywood and beyond who are speaking up. Winfrey then turned to Taylor, who stood up to racism in the era of Jim Crow to seek justice after she was raped.
- 1/8/2018
- by Phil Hornshaw
- The Wrap
"I want all of the girls watching here now to know, that a new day is on the horizon." @Oprah accepts the 2018 Cecil B. de Mille award. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/hbquC1GBjm - Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 8, 2018 At Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards, Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award. After an exceptional introduction from Reese Witherspoon, Oprah took the stage and (no surprise) gave a speech that will shake you to your core. The icon talked about Sidney Poitier's history-making win at the Oscars, the legacy of the recently passed Recy Taylor, and the vitality of the Time's Up movement, which was represented with pins on the red carpet. Watch the video now.
- 1/8/2018
- by Ryan Roschke
- Popsugar.com
Oprah Winfrey received the highest honor at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
The 63-year-old multifaceted media mogul accepted the Cecil B. DeMille prize for her contributions to the world of entertainment – and left many awestruck with her powerful speech.
Winfrey began her speech by sharing her memory of Sidney Poitier winning his Oscar in 1964, and then being honored with the Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1982.
"There's some little girls watching as I am the first black woman to be given the same award. It is an honor, and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them, and also with all the men and women who have inspired me, challenged me, sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible," she shared, thanking those close to her, like Gayle King and Stedman Graham, before noting the importance of "speaking your truth."
"I want, tonight, to express...
The 63-year-old multifaceted media mogul accepted the Cecil B. DeMille prize for her contributions to the world of entertainment – and left many awestruck with her powerful speech.
Winfrey began her speech by sharing her memory of Sidney Poitier winning his Oscar in 1964, and then being honored with the Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1982.
"There's some little girls watching as I am the first black woman to be given the same award. It is an honor, and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them, and also with all the men and women who have inspired me, challenged me, sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible," she shared, thanking those close to her, like Gayle King and Stedman Graham, before noting the importance of "speaking your truth."
"I want, tonight, to express...
- 1/8/2018
- Entertainment Tonight
Oprah Winfrey has added another accolade to her long list of awards and recognitions.
The 63-year-old actress and media mogul received the 2018 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday’s ceremony, an honorary award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.
“It is not lost on me that, at this moment, there is some little girl watching as I become the first Black woman to be given the same award,” Winfrey said in a moving acceptance speech, after recalling her own childhood watching Sidney Poitier become the first Black person to...
The 63-year-old actress and media mogul received the 2018 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday’s ceremony, an honorary award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.
“It is not lost on me that, at this moment, there is some little girl watching as I become the first Black woman to be given the same award,” Winfrey said in a moving acceptance speech, after recalling her own childhood watching Sidney Poitier become the first Black person to...
- 1/8/2018
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Enraging, and eye-opening, the beginning of the antidote for how black women’s lives get erased in America. Tells a story that we should recognize as epic. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The ways in which the work, stories, and lives of black women get erased in America are legion, and infuriating. Example of the moment: It was a black woman, Tarana Burke, who started the #MeToo campaign more than a decade ago, but it didn’t get any attention until well-off white women appropriated it just a few months ago, and now, suddenly, people are listening. Burke is not featured on the cover of Time magazine for its Person of the Year designation awarded to “The Silence Breakers” over sexual harassment, though Burke is mentioned,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The ways in which the work, stories, and lives of black women get erased in America are legion, and infuriating. Example of the moment: It was a black woman, Tarana Burke, who started the #MeToo campaign more than a decade ago, but it didn’t get any attention until well-off white women appropriated it just a few months ago, and now, suddenly, people are listening. Burke is not featured on the cover of Time magazine for its Person of the Year designation awarded to “The Silence Breakers” over sexual harassment, though Burke is mentioned,...
- 12/10/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
You may not know the name Recy Taylor, but you’ve definitely heard her story. It’s one of rape, lies, and cover-ups. It’s one of irreparable physical and psychological damage that still affects her family more than seventy years later. And it’s also one about a woman her refused to be silenced, who came home the night of September 3, 1944 to tell her father and husband everything about the six men that brutalized her. She was twenty-four at the time, a mother one of and partial caretaker of her siblings considering she helped raise them once their mother passed away. Threatened at gunpoint, her house set on fire, and the victim of constant abuse during Jim Crow in Abbeville, Alabama, Recy never stopped her quest for justice.
So why haven’t we heard about her? Why haven’t we heard about one of the few black women in...
So why haven’t we heard about her? Why haven’t we heard about one of the few black women in...
- 12/5/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Coming off strong showings at both the Venice and New York Film Festivals, Nancy Buirski’s Augusta Films has set an awards-qualifying run for the filmmaker’s new documentary “The Rape of Recy Taylor.” The film, which debuted at Venice last month and went on to screen at Nyff, will open in New York and Los Angeles this December to qualify for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
In a statement, Buirski said, “We were stunned by reviews that not only recognized the hidden story of black women physically abused in Jim Crow South, but by how powerfully our film resonates today. From a president who gropes women to white supremacy in Charlottesville to women who courageously speak up against predatory celebrities and mogals, this film is smack in the public square. Though we’re throwing our hat in the ring late, we felt this coud not wait! An Academy...
In a statement, Buirski said, “We were stunned by reviews that not only recognized the hidden story of black women physically abused in Jim Crow South, but by how powerfully our film resonates today. From a president who gropes women to white supremacy in Charlottesville to women who courageously speak up against predatory celebrities and mogals, this film is smack in the public square. Though we’re throwing our hat in the ring late, we felt this coud not wait! An Academy...
- 10/19/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
On a quiet late summer night in tiny Abbeville, Alabama, a car full of young white men cruised the streets, searching. They were looking for a mark, Nancy Buirski’s wrenching documentary “The Rape of Recy Taylor” tells us, eventually settling on a trio of black neighbors walking home from evening church services. Recy Taylor, then just 24-years-old, a wife and mother to a nine-month-old, a local sharecropper with ties to the community, was one of them. The car’s passengers — seven of them, including the sons of some of the town’s most notable residents — took Taylor to a secluded stand of trees, forced her to strip naked, and then raped her. (One voiceover tells it plainly without the need for details: “What they did to her? They didn’t need to live.”)
Buirski’s latest documentary, a worthy companion to her lauded “The Loving Story,” tells Taylor’s story in expressive detail,...
Buirski’s latest documentary, a worthy companion to her lauded “The Loving Story,” tells Taylor’s story in expressive detail,...
- 10/3/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It’s that time of year again. With fall festivals like Tiff and Venice now in the rear view mirror, the film world is focused squarely on the Mecca that is New York City, for arguably the year’s most interesting festival, Nyff. Running, this year, from September 28-October 15, the lineup includes not only the 25 Main Slate releases, but numerous others spread over sections ranging from experimental features to groundbreaking shorts and even a Robert Mitchum retrospective.
So how does one go about processing all of these films, or even where to begin when setting your own viewing schedule? Well, you could stick to the well known directors or the highly buzzed about properties that are making a stop on their long festival journey from as early as Cannes or Berlin of this year. But where’s the fun in that? How about a few genuine discoveries? That’s where...
So how does one go about processing all of these films, or even where to begin when setting your own viewing schedule? Well, you could stick to the well known directors or the highly buzzed about properties that are making a stop on their long festival journey from as early as Cannes or Berlin of this year. But where’s the fun in that? How about a few genuine discoveries? That’s where...
- 9/28/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The 55th New York Film Festival will debut a starry roster of documentaries featuring giants of the art and literary worlds as well as Alex Gibney’s postponed “No Stone Unturned,” a critical investigation into the 1994 Loughinisland massacre in Ireland, which was pulled from Tribeca in April.
Other new works include films from directors Abel Ferrara, Sara Driver, Nancy Buirski, Mathieu Amalric, and Barbet Schroeder; Vanessa Redgrave’s directorial debut “Sea Sorrow,” which played at Cannes; and films featuring Joan Didion, Arthur Miller, Gay Talese, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Jane Goodall, plus stories about racism, American immigration, and the global refugee crisis.
Three documentaries spotlight acclaimed writers, including the world premiere of Griffin Dunne’s “Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold,” returning Nyff filmmaker Rebecca Miller’s tender portrait of her father, “Arthur Miller: Writer,” and the World Premiere of Myles Kane and Josh Koury’s “Voyeur,” tracking journalist Gay Talese...
Other new works include films from directors Abel Ferrara, Sara Driver, Nancy Buirski, Mathieu Amalric, and Barbet Schroeder; Vanessa Redgrave’s directorial debut “Sea Sorrow,” which played at Cannes; and films featuring Joan Didion, Arthur Miller, Gay Talese, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Jane Goodall, plus stories about racism, American immigration, and the global refugee crisis.
Three documentaries spotlight acclaimed writers, including the world premiere of Griffin Dunne’s “Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold,” returning Nyff filmmaker Rebecca Miller’s tender portrait of her father, “Arthur Miller: Writer,” and the World Premiere of Myles Kane and Josh Koury’s “Voyeur,” tracking journalist Gay Talese...
- 8/23/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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